First Googlebook benchmarks: Snapdragon X Elite beats Intel Panther Lake

Tom's Guide benchmarked the first five Googlebooks from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo, all with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSDs. Snapdragon X Elite models delivered roughly 50% better multi-core and GPU performance than Intel Core Ultra 5 325 Panther Lake machines.

• In Geekbench 6, Snapdragon X Elite Dell and HP units scored about 14,700 multi-core vs 9,800–9,960 for Intel models
• In 3DMark Wild Life Extreme, Snapdragon units hit 40 fps while Intel models managed 24.6–27.6 fps
• Googlebook prices range from $899 for Acer to $1,299 for Asus and HP
• MacBook Air M5 topped all Googlebooks with 17,276 multi-core and 64.4 fps